1. The act or process of changing the color of something
   "The coloring of the leaves in autumn is a spectacular natural phenomenon";
   - colouring [Brit, Cdn]
    
2. A visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit, transmit or reflect
   "The coloring of autumn leaves was spectacular";
   - color [US], colour [Brit, Cdn], colouring [Brit, Cdn]
    
3. A digestible substance used to give color to food
   "food coloring made from vegetable dyes";
   - colouring [Brit, Cdn], food coloring [US], food colouring [Brit, Cdn], food color [US], food colour [Brit, Cdn]

1. Add color to
   "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "The child colored in the drawings";
   - colorize [US], colorise [Brit], colourise [Brit], colourize [Brit, Cdn], colour [Brit, Cdn], color in [US], colour in [Brit, Cdn]
    
2. Decorate with colors
   "color the walls with paint in warm tones";
   - colour [Brit, Cdn], emblazon
    
3. Change color, often in an undesired manner
   "The white shirt colored after being washed with red socks";
   - discolor [US], discolour [Brit, Cdn], colour [Brit, Cdn]
    
4. Affect as in thought or feeling
   "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case";
   - tinge, colour [Brit, Cdn], distort
    
5. Modify or bias
   "His political ideas color his lectures";
   - colour [Brit, Cdn]
    
6. Give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
   "color a lie";
   - colour [Brit, Cdn], gloss

Derived forms: colorings

See also: colored [US], colorful [US], coloured [Brit, Cdn], colourful [Brit, Cdn], uncolored [US], uncoloured [Brit, Cdn]

Type of: act upon, adorn, affect, alter, bear on, bear upon, beautify, change, change of color [US], change of colour [Brit, Cdn], decorate, embellish, excuse, fancify, food product, foodstuff, grace, impact, influence, modify, ornament, rationalise [Brit], rationalize, visual property, work

Antonym: discolor [US]

Encyclopedia: Coloring